The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-10-22
SAMOA.
Maietoa Carried Away by the
Germans.
Tauaasese still King, but CPAeA0
Only by the GeFmans-Every"
thing QuIet-InteresEing
Facts from the n. r
Herald


and took on board the mails and one
steerage passenger, a Mr. Moore. A
representative of the ADVERTISER inter
viewed him before the steamer touched
her dock, but he could not give any
later news In fact, we had later news
on the Australia last Tuesday. The Sa-
means new that Malietoa had been car
ried away from Apia on the German
where they had taken him to. A dis
patch by the Australia stated, it viii be
remembered, that the Adler had trans
ferred Malietoa to the Albatross at
Cookstown, and that the latter vessel
intended taking him to German New
Guinea. This latter bit of news the Sa-
means were ignorant of.
Mr.. Moore stated he had letters to
the King and other people from j. E.
Bush, who, he says, is pretty hard up.
The German flagship Bismarck was off
TutuiIa when the ZeaIandia arrived
there. The U. S. S. Adams was daily
expected at Apia when Moore left. The
Germans upheld Tamasese as King, but
he is totally ignored by the American
and British Consuls- Everything was
quiet at Apia when the mail cutter left
there to catch the Zealandia.
MALIEToA's FAREWELL TO SAMOA.
The following is a translation of the
Kings parting message to his people:
F'To all Samoa. On account of my great
love to my country, and my great at,
lection to all Samoa, that is the reason
that deliver up my body to the Ger
man Government. That Government
may do as they wish to me. The mean
ing of this is that I do not desire that
again shall the blood of Samoa be split
for me- But do not know what is my
offense which has caused their anger to
arise to me and my country. Tuamas-
anga, farewell! Manono, and my fam
lily, farewell! So, also, Salafai, TutuiIa,
Aana and Atua, FAREWELL If we do not
again see one another in this world,
pray that We may be again together
above. May you be blessed! am
Malietoa, the King"
THE N. Y. "HERALD" ON SAMOA.
The following is from the New York
"Herald" of October Sd, and is full of
interest at the present time: ''Some
essential historical facts in the history
of our peculiar relations with Samoa
have never reached the public because
they have been locked up with other Sc
crets iealously guarded in our Depart
ment of State. The Herald" however,
is enabled to publish the substance of
that interesting and important history, !
which is obtained from public and secret |
records of the Government.
1t will be remembered that in 1872 |
Commander (now Captain) Meade, of
the United States Navy, made treaty
with Maunga, the Great Chief of the
Island of Tutuila, one of the Samoan
group in the South Pacific, by which the
port OF Pango-Pango was given up to the
American Government on condition that
4 friendly alliance existed between that
sland and the United States.
TAKING POSSESSION.
The treaty having been satisfactory to
both Governments, President Hayes
sent naval vessel to the Samoan
Islands ''to make surveys and take pos
session of the privileges coded to the
United States by Samoa in the harbor
II Pango-Pango," and a United States
,oaling station was established there for
he convenience and use of the United
states.
Germany was very much chagrined at
hese acts of the United States Govern
nent in thus securing the cession to it
f special privileges in Samoa, and Great
Britain was scarcely less mortified than
Germany in this respect. In the Ger
nan Reichstag Herr Won Bulow and
'rince Bismarck commented upon the
beat" the United States had made
pom Germany, and from time to time
he covetousness of Germany toward
amoa and the envy of the United States
ave been evinced in the Reichstag and
a the newspapers of the Empire.
GERMAN AND BRITISH CLAIMS.
According to the Edinburgh ERE
lew" of July, 1885, (approvingly-quoted
y our Department of State at Washing
on) cat present the German land claims
1 Samoa comprise 2S2, 900 acres. Brit
,h subjects claim not less than 357 900.
here is, however, this important differ
nee between the positions of the Ger
ian and the British claimants-the
'rmer have so far made their claims
Elective that they occupy and cultivate
Ist as much soil as they can work,
lille the latter exist only on paper and
re not insisted on by the British Gov
As to how these lands were ACQUIRED.